Dyeing-machine.



l No. 895,023.

UNITED sirarns PATENT onirica- :JOSEPH HUSSONG, OF CMDE'N, NEW JERSEY..`

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Application led October 29, 19Q6. Seriai No. 341,037..

i for .the material to be dyed can be readily placed in a vat and removed therefrom, at the saine -time allowin circulation of 4the 4li( nor t rough the material and for the ready i ischarge of thea material from the container.

In the accompanying drawing r-Figure l, is a longitudinal sectional view of one form-of d 'eing machine illust-rating my invention; Fig. 2, is a sectional view on the line 2-2, Fig. 1, showing the container within the vat; Fig. 3, is a view similar to Fig. 2, showin the container raised clear of the vat an artly turned; Fig. 4, is a detached perspective view of the container; Fig. 5, is a diagram view showing the carrier in relation to the vat and the container inverted,'

and Fig. 6, is a sectional view of a portion of'a metallic vat. l

A is ajvat of a 'dyeing machine, in which the lig uor is circulated by mechanical means. is the dyeing chamber of the machine u and A* is the circulating chamber at one end of the vat separated from the dyein chamber by a fixed vertical partition a. n the circulatinv chamber is a circulating wheel B secureds to a vertical shaft B' de ending from a fra-ine B2 supported on the rame of the vat. This shaft is driven from a power shaft b through gearing b', b2, indicated in Fig. 1. There may be'two or more otthese wheels B if desired, situated side by side, depending upon the Width of the vat. The liquor in the vat may be circulated in either direction and the circulation may be reversed at intervals if desired.

.The above description refeis to one form of vat to which my invention is particularly adapted, but it will be undeistood that my improvement can be applied to other vets as well.

D is the container for the material to be4 dyed. This container is shaped so as to ySpecification o! Letters Pate:

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conform totlieishape of the dyeing compartment A ofthe vat, giving sufficient clearance so that it can be readily lowered into the vat or removed therefrom. `When 50 I in the vat as shown in Figs. I and 2, it rests on flanges or rojections af at the bottom of the vat. VTile container is quadran lar in sha e and has a perforated bottom and a per orated top d The .sides d and the c5' ends d? are lsolid in the present instance.' The erforated top section is made in halves vin t e presentinstance, as 'illustrated in Fig. 4, and the sections are hinged at c to the body of the container so that the hinged sections can be thrown back to allow for the charging. of thecontainer .with the goeds', to be dyed, or for the Aread-y removal of the goods. 'I preferably dividel the 'container into a series of compartments b transverse 75 partitions d4 which may be eit er solid or. perforated as desired.

E 1s a frame suspended by chains f, f from a carriage F or any suitable hoisting mechanism common in this class of machines 3,0 land this framer has side members e, .e to

which thecontainer D is pivoted. The pivot pinse pro'ect from each end of the container througi openings in the arms,

illustrated in Fig. 4'.' Thus the container 85 i can be lowered into the vat or raised clear'of the vat by simply o erating the means for lifting the chains j', The container, after. it is raised clear of the vat, asillustrated in Fig. 3, may be .turned by hand' so that the 90 hinged doors can be opened at the side and the goods removed, but I prefer 'to attach a Apin t at one side of the container and suspend 'a chain I from the carriage F and at the end of` this chain is a hook i. The container is raised to such a point that the pin i, can be engaged by the hook 'i'V of thechain and then by lowering the.'container it will be turned on its pivot. The container is preferablymoved to one side of the vat by shifting the carriage on its track f as illustrated in Fig, 5,

and by placing a truck under thefcontainer,

its contents can be discharged onto thetruck by simplyturning the container on its pivots until it is reverse as shown.

In order to revent the container turning Y cn its pivots, may fasten it tothe frameby a detachable pin 1i or other fastening.v The operationis as follows z--Each compartment o the container is filled with stockings or 110 .other material to be dyed and the hinged sections are closed and secured .by .any suit:

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"able fasteninfrs. The container is then fasl tened to the Iranieand lowered into tbe vat g `unt-il it rests uponthe flanges or projections f are then set in motion and the dye liquor is fopen and allow t e material to discharge between the container 'and the sides of the -of the material will e evenly dyed. After a', leaving a clear cireulatinv space between the bottom ofthe vat and the container, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The circulatin(lr Wheels circulated through the coinpartrnents'Af A2 and' through the material in the container. The projections or anges a.' clos-.o the space vat so that the dye liquor must pass through the container.

The container .being erforat-ed at top and bottom allows for the ree circulation of the liquor and allows for 'a certain movement of the material being d Yed, so that ali, portions the material is dyed the container raised clear of the vat and slufte-d to one-'side and turned over, the ivoted sections or doors can be tiltedt ...discharge the contents, substantially as d `crib The combination in a dyeing machine, of a vat, a frame, ineens for suspending the ranie, said frame having depending mein.

bers, a cont-auer-pivoteo tov the depending 40 r members so as to' turn in the frame', the cont-ainerbeing; perforated' at top and bottoni,- and means for causing the liquor to circulatie in the vat and tbrou h the container, substantially as describe v 3. The combination in a dyeing machine, of a vat, a frame, means for suspending the frame, said frame. having depending niembers at eachend, a container perforated at top and bottom and having a movable cover, 50

pivot pins at .each end .of the. container adapted to openings in the 'depending mein bers ofthe frame, so that when tlie container is elevated it can be turned on the ivots to discharge the contents, substantiely as ,55

described.

y 4. The combination of a dyeifat, a-frame suspended above the dye vat, a container pivoted to the frame, a. pin on the container at one side of the pivot, and a suspended 60 chain arranged to engage the pin 'so that on the movement. of one part in respect to the other the container will be turned on pivot, substantiall as described.

In testimony w ereof, I have signed my e5 f naine to this specification, 1n the presence of two subscribing witnesses. l

n 4 JOSEPH HUSSONG. Vtness'esr i Wim.. A. BARR, 'l

Jos. II. KLEIN. 

